ISBN:
0691128871
,
9780691128870
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxviii, 236 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Syrian Episodes : Sons, Fathers, and an Anthropologist in Aleppo
DDC:
306.874/20956913
Keywords:
Philosophy, Arab
;
Ethnology
;
Kinship
;
Fathers and sons
;
Patriarchy
;
Aleppo (Syria) Social life and customs
Abstract:
When Princeton anthropologist John Borneman arrived in Syria's second-largest city in 2004 as a visiting Fulbright professor, he took up residence in what many consider a ""rogue state"" on the frontline of a ""clash of civilizations"" between the Orient and the West. Hoping to understand intimate interactions of religious, political, and familial authority in this secular republic, Borneman spent much time among different men, observing and becoming part of their everyday lives. Syrian Episodes is the striking result. Recounting his experience of living and lecturing in Alepp
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter I - Aleppo; Chapter II - The Souk; Chapter III - Syria; Chapter IV - Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Syria; Coda: January 2006; Further Reading; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1515/9781400831968
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400831968
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